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Well, that title sure has a snap to it. 
Haven't posted a project for a while. I appreciate when I see your projects so I better contribute a bit.
Here's the scenario.
I needed a shop/security light out in front of my garage. As a lot of you can appreciate, I'd rather spend $1000 to avoid spending even one extra thin dime with my local power company. So, I wanted to build a little solar shop light. I decided I couldn't very well just hang a light out there... SO, I decided to build something like a guardian robot to hang the panel and lighting on.
I want it to look menacing and deadly when done. I suspect I'll have some kind of crazy weapon in his hands, and I'm mounting two 35 watt HID offroad lights on his shoulders to disperse the light. The solar panels are 45 watts, and should charge enough to keep the HID's on for about 5-6 hours. If not, I'll add more panels until it works.
Thing should be about 7-8 feet tall when done. I got one leg done this weekend. None of this is functional. It's just supposed to look like it could "technically" be functional. Largely it's going to end up as a mechanical sculpture I'm integrating a solar security light into.
When it finally gets all painted and powder coated, it should look pretty slick. Hopefully done in the next 60 days.
Haven't posted a project for a while. I appreciate when I see your projects so I better contribute a bit.
Here's the scenario.
I needed a shop/security light out in front of my garage. As a lot of you can appreciate, I'd rather spend $1000 to avoid spending even one extra thin dime with my local power company. So, I wanted to build a little solar shop light. I decided I couldn't very well just hang a light out there... SO, I decided to build something like a guardian robot to hang the panel and lighting on.
I want it to look menacing and deadly when done. I suspect I'll have some kind of crazy weapon in his hands, and I'm mounting two 35 watt HID offroad lights on his shoulders to disperse the light. The solar panels are 45 watts, and should charge enough to keep the HID's on for about 5-6 hours. If not, I'll add more panels until it works.
Thing should be about 7-8 feet tall when done. I got one leg done this weekend. None of this is functional. It's just supposed to look like it could "technically" be functional. Largely it's going to end up as a mechanical sculpture I'm integrating a solar security light into.
When it finally gets all painted and powder coated, it should look pretty slick. Hopefully done in the next 60 days.
feel free to shoot me an e-mail direct i have time to chat.
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